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When Chelsea came on board and
she began to have conversations

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with Drew Lopezina about William
Abis, who was a very important

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author, an Indigenous author
that was born in the 1700s and

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authored over 200 books and is
not recognized in our town.

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So Chelsea decided that, you
know, creating that relationship

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and allowing space for a plaque
to be put in, really kind of

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standing tall at about four feet
in front of the the library's

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entrance would be a really nice
way to honour and reflect upon

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the Indigenous peoples here and
contributions that are often

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invisible eyes.

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Chelsea worked very hard to
ensure that there was William

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APIs Day in Coleraine and we
traveled to the Mashpee

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Reservation and spoke to several
different leaders from that

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community and watched a play
that featured 2 acts that

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focused on William APIs that
day.

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She fostered some relationships
that really made this year's

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William APIs Day so much more
genuine.